Penn- Summer 2018 Jersey NEWSLETTER Basketry Guild Our 31st Year ANNUAL PICNIC Hands June 23 on Save the date! History hy not join fellow members of the WPenn-Jersey Basketry Guild for a fun day at our annual picnic at historic Walnford on Saturday, June 23? Trout Season and We will have 3 mini workshops that day. Guild members will have the opportunity to make Moravian stars, maple the Fishing Creel stars and reindeer! Don’t delay in registering for the work- shops. The registration deadline is June 9!
As always, feel free to bring any items for a swap meet and for “Show and Tell.” An email was sent by Lisa Jahn con- cerning picnic food. Check your email for an invitation and directions to Walnford. The guild will supply an array of sandwiches and water since we can’t grill on site. Registra- tion is on page 5. We hope you come to take a workshop or just spend the day with fellow basket weavers!
Anglers of all ages take to the streams throughout PA and NJ in early Spring as the waterways are stocked INSIDE... with trout. With pole in hand and fishing creel slung Hands On History (Fishing Creel) 1 over their shoulder, a trout dinner was always enjoyed PJBG Board 2 after a great day of fishing. President’s Message 3 Calendar of Events 4 Annual Meeting 5 Webster tells us that a creel is a woven basket that was Road Trip for Quilt Turning 6 used to hold fish while a fisherman was out on the Eric Taylor Class 7 banks of a river or more specifically while wading in Pam Wilson Class 8-9 the stream or small river. Some even had either single Basket Chatter 10 or double pockets attached to the front that could Basket Happenings 11 The Fishing Creel 12 carry fly wallets and spare leaders leaving the original Advertisers 13 space in the basket to carry fish. In an effort to pre- Membership Form 14 serve the trout population, “catch and release” came (continued on page 12). 1 PJBG OFFICERS SPECIAL THANKS TO: PRESIDENT Mary May, Barbara Henckler, Karen Wychock Connie O’Connell and Karen Wychock for 108 Lyric Way/Warrington, PA 18976 (215)460-8853 contributing to this newsletter! [email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT Mary May 1764 Woodside Road/Forked River, NJ 08731 (609) 242-0754 [email protected] BOARD OF TRUSTEES SECRETARY Martha Costain Barbara Ann Mueller Barbara Henckler 17 Hillcrest Ave/Cranford, NJ 07016-2605 Connie O’Connell (908) 272-5190 [email protected]
TREASURER Carol Pollock Friendly Reminder: 133 Wooley Run Road/Wrightstown, PA 18940 (215) 598-1560 It’s never too late to renew your PJBG [email protected] membership. Send your check and renewal form to: MEMBERSHIP Patti Bishop Patti Bishop 101 Campbell Blvd. #5304 101 Campbell Blvd. #5304 Manahawkin, NJ 08050-6214 732-691-0346 Manahawkin, NJ 08050-6214 [email protected]
PJBG COMMITTEES
PROGRAM DIRECTORS Mary May, Connie O’Connell & Karen Wychock Connie O’Connell 51 Joshua Drive PINELANDS Manahawkin, NJ 08050 (609) 597-1944 [email protected] FOLK MUSIC
ADVERTISING CHAIR Joan Darrigo AND 3 Chestnut Drive/Doylestown, PA 18901 (215) 348-8901 [email protected] BASKETRY CYBER-SECRETARY Lisa Jahn 77 Streeker Road/Wrightstown, NJ 08562 (609) 758-6374 [email protected]
NEWSLETTER Karen Wychock
HISTORIAN Joan Darrigo 3 Chestnut Drive/Doylestown, PA 18901 (215) 348-8901 [email protected]
2 President’s Message Spring was certainly delayed this year but the daffodils, hyacinths and tulips finally arrived along with the dogwood and redbud! The colors were spectacular! It’s now time to throw open your windows, breathe in that fresh air and feel the warm sunshine on your face.
Spring is when I compete with Mother Nature’s colors and dye my reed. I’ve been waiting all winter! It’s one of my Spring time tasks along with washing the windows! With my pots of boiling water and dye packs in hand, I set up my “dye shop” in the backyard. Knowing that there will be a few splatters, I only wear black. Once dyed, it’s rinsed in cold water and then spread out to dry around my yard. My neighbors don’t even ask questions anymore....the reds, oranges, blues and greens of the reed blend beautifully with my flowers and shrubs around the yard. It makes me itchy to weave a basket!
Looking ahead, we have planned a great Annual Meeting this year on June 23. We are returning to Walnford in Freehold, NJ. Most people attend our summer meeting so we are moving our Annual Meeting from November to June. The weather is warmer, it stays light much longer and it’s centrally located for all PJBG members. We hope you come to take a workshop or just spend the day with fellow basket weavers!
Tina Barrows, a founding member of the Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild, passed away at her home after a long illness on April 10. We wish her peace. An article on Tina will be featured in our Fall newsletter. Please let us know if you have any pho- tos of Tina that we can use in our next newsletter.
Weave On! Karen
3 September 22-23 General Meeting Pam Wilson Bay Avenue Community Center 775 E. Bay Avenue Manahawkin, NJ 08050 Chair Cane Tote Nantucket Bowl
June 23 Annual Meeting “Picnic In the Park” “Christmas in July” Freehold, NJ Organize the ornament box and catalogue the contents Christmas tree ornaments September 29-30 Reindeer – Robin and Gretchen Tuckerton, NJ (Peapod Weavers) 36th Annual Ocean County Decoy & Gunning Moravian stars – Karen Show Maple stars – Mary Guild Open Weave November/December Festival of Trees Pearl Buck House
2019 January Open House Karen Wychock Warrington, PA
September 15 February 17-18, 2019 Eric Taylor Alice Ogden Class Warrington, PA Warrington, PA Cottage Wine Basket Cottage Biscuit Basket March 2019 Spring General Meeting Bridgit’s Cross Bay Avenue Community Center 775 E. Bay Avenue Manahawkin, NJ 08050
4 ANNUAL PICNIC Saturday, June 23 Save the date!
hy not join fellow members of the Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild for a fun day at our annual picnic Wat historic Walnford on Saturday, June 23? We will have 3 mini workshops that day. Guild members will have the opportunity to weave Moravian stars, maple stars and reindeer! We are asking members to donate one ornament to our guild tree.
As always, feel free to bring any items for a swap meet and for our “Show and Tell” table. An email will be sent by Lisa Jahn concerning picnic food. The guild will supply an array of sandwiches since we can’t grill on site.
Moravian Stars Reindeer - Peapod Weavers Maple Stars Karen Wychock Gretchen Birdsall & Robin Godonis Mary May paper for 25 stars kit for 5 reindeer material for 3 stars 9:00-10:30 AM 10:30-12 Noon 1:15- 2:45 PM
CLASS REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JUNE 9. Make your check payable to the Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild. You will receive confirmation of your registration. ------(Tear here and return bottom portion) Send this completed form and your check to:
Karen Wychock 108 Lyric Way Warrington, PA 18976
Registration (8:30-9:00 AM) Coffee, tea and Connie O’Connell’s famous crumble cake!
Moravian Stars ($10):______(9 -10:30 AM)
Reindeer ($10): ______(10:30 - 12 Noon)
LUNCH/Business Meeting 12 Noon -1:15 PM (Show and Tell table)
Maple Stars ($10):______(1:15-2:45 PM)
TOTAL: ______(Check made payable to PJBG)
NAME: ______ADDRESS: ______PHONE : ______EMAIL: ______
5 and special to the maker and possibly the receiver. Some- times research into the quilt maker’s daily life gives more meaning to the quilt than a first glance would suggest; it is the surprises in quilts that make for some exciting conversa- tion amongst admirers.
Whether you love to look at quilts or rather make your own, they surely have made an impact on our lives. Some of our friends and family especially appreciate them as covers on beds while others see them as precious art, shown off on their wall spaces. Some quilts tell a HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LACEY story or memorialize The Old Schoolhouse Museum a special person or Quilt Turning with Ellie Greco event. Some are just to keep us warm. No matter how we see them, they are important in some ways, and no matter what they mean to us, we enjoy having them around; Ellie has more old ones than most people and she sees them as a manner of artistic expression saved through the centuries. Sometimes, all we know about them is what we can guess or speculate, but that is also part of the fun and delight in viewing old quilts.
Ellie shared about 25 of her quilts with us. They were care- fully laid out in chronological order from the early 1800s through the 1990s. They were all beautiful and unique in their own way. Some were sewn by one individual while others were completed by a group. The age of the quilts On Friday, June 1, 2018 the PJBG visited the Old School- could be identified by the fabric used within the quilt. Old house Museum in Forked River to view their antique Jersey flour and sugar sacks, silk, cotton and rayon were just a few baskets and to see their collection of quilts. Ellie Greco, a of the fabrics identified. There were browns and grays used member of the Lacey Historical Society, guided us through during Queen Victoria’s mourning for her beloved Albert the quilt turning. and red, white and blue used after the 911 tragedy. Each held a story within its stitches, whether done by hand or Ellie loves all textiles - the look, the feel, the play of color, machine stitched. texture and design. While she is not a quilter herself, she is a sewer and a crafter. She now spends lots of her time Dare I studying quilts with other quilt lovers and enjoys the dis- take up covery of different fabrics, patterns and historical informa- another tion about them. Of course, this requires finding quilts hobby? I and fabric to study, so she is always looking for something think not, different. The other half of Ellie wants to share the informa- but I will tion and the quilts with others, which led her to accepting remain our invitation to speak to our guild. an ardent admirer For Ellie, quilts represent the artistic expression of an of these individual who finds beauty in creating something unique incredible and who expands on the ideas that develop in his/her own art pieces. mind or are suggested by people or things in the communi- Thank you to Ellie for sharing her collection with us. Thank ty. Often quilters explore an idea started by one individual, you to Mary May and Barbara Henckler for organizing such but before you know it, they have become uniquely different a spectacular day! 6 Eric Taylor is Coming to Warrington!
What are you doing on Saturday, September 15? Why not join me in my studio here in Warrington, PA for a class with Eric Taylor? We will be weaving the Cottage Biscuit Basket or the Cottage Wine Tote. They are smaller versions of the Wine tote and the French bread. Materials will be sent prior to the work- shop so you can presand your material.
Cottage Wine Tote Jr.
Size: 7 ½”L x 4”W x 8 ½”H Cottage Biscuit Basket ash with cherry rims, base and handles
Size: 12”L (w/o handles) x 5”W x 3”H (w/o handles) ash with cherry rims, base and handles
Instructor: Eric Taylor Date: Saturday, September 15, 2018 Place: 108 Lyric Way Warrington, PA 18976 Maximum Class: 12
CLASS REGISTRATION Make your check payable to the Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild. You will receive confirmation of your registration. Please phone Karen Wychock with any questions at 215-460-8853. Don’t delay! Register today! ------(Tear here and return bottom portion) Send this completed form and your check to:
Karen Wychock 108 Lyric Way, Warrington, PA 18976 (215-460-8853)
Cottage Biscuit Basket ($175): ______Cottage Wine Tote ($175):______Total Amount enclosed: $______
NAME: ______ADDRESS: ______PHONE : ______EMAIL: ______
7 A variety of Nantucket bowls
Pam Wilson Classes Saturday, September 22, 2018 NANTUCKET BOWLS
All natural, black on natural spokes or natural on black spokes, twill or no twill.
Previous twill experience is a must for twill weavers.
------Class Registration:
Make check payable to Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild and send to:
Connie O’Connell 51 Joshua Drive Manahawkin, New Jersey 08050 Questions call Connie @ 609-597-1944 or 973-650-1101 Deadline: August 22, 2018
$65 Small Nantucket bowl 4 ½” x1 ½” available in three choices. _____All Natural ____ Black spokes/natural weavers _____Natural spokes/black weavers
$75 Medium Nantucket bowl 6 ½” x 2 ¼ “ available in three choices. _____All Natural _____Black spokes/natural weavers _____Natural spokes/black weavers
$85 Large Nantucket bowl 8 ½ x 3“ available in three choices. Limited to six participants!!!!! _____All Natural _____Black spokes/natural weavers _____Natural spokes/black weavers
8 Caning in 3D Tote
Pam Wilson Sunday, September 23, 2018 775 East Bay Avenue Manahawkin, New Jersey 08050
$55.00 (Reed) $70.00 (Cane) High intermediate to advance Hours: 6
Dimensions: 14” x 10” at top, 12” x 4” at bottom and 10” high not including handles.
Learn how to do the chair caning stitch in 3-D! The basket features leather handles and flat oval reed in two sizes, not including the rims. Mark your choice of either brown or black leather handles. Shown in brown accent reed. Choose your accent color from royal blue, burgundy, or brown.
Special tools/materials needed by students: usual basket tools AND A STITCH GAUGE IF YOU HAVE ONE.
------Make check payable to Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild and send to:
Connie O’Connell 51 Joshua Drive Manahawkin, New Jersey 08050 Questions call Connie @ 609-597-1944 or 973-650-1101 Deadline: August 22, 2018
___$55 REED TOTE 14”x10”top, 12”x4” bottom x 10” high
______Brown leather handles _____Black leather handles
____Royal Blue ___ Burgundy ____ Brown
___$75 NATURAL CANE TOTE (14”x10” top, 12”x 4” bottom x 10” H)
______Brown leather handles _____Black leather handles
9 We had 17 people take part in the Anne Bower basket class- Basket es! It was great to see so many members take part in her classes. Below are some of the photographs taken through- Chatter out the weekend. Hope to see you at an upcoming class or Do you have an interesting photo, article, or basket tid- PJBG event! bit that you would like to share with fellow members? Here is your opportunity to share. Simply email your information to [email protected]. The following items were submitted by Karen Wychock,
Spring General Meeting Thank you to Robin and Gretchen for teaching us to make miniature paper baskets from our old Christmas cards.
In Attendance: Barbara Henckler, Sue Begalke, Nan- cy Walls, Lois Macknik, Bernice Moran, Lisa Jahn, Sue Bunkin, Mary May, Patti Bishop, Karen Wychock, Barbara Ann Mueller, Gretchen Birdsall and Robin Godonis
10 Basket Happenings!
Association of Michigan Basketmakers Convention Lansing, Michigan http://www.michiganbasketmakers.com
Basketweavers Guild of Bedford County Bedford, PA http://www.BedfordBasketGuild.com You’ve joined the Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild, so why not join the group on Facebook? Keep up with all of North Carolina Basket Makers Association Convention http://www.ncbasketmakers.com our members latest happenings! STAY CONNECTED!
Tidewater Basketry Guild To join the Facebook group, simply log onto Facebook http://www.tidewaterbasketryguild.org/ and in the search box, type “Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild.” When the group shows up in the search results, Wildwood Basketry Guild click on it. You’ll be brought to the guild’s Facebook Winter Weave in Mentor, Ohio page. Then, under the header image, click “Join.” You’re http://www.winterweave.com/index.htm in! It’s an open group, so no approval is needed. We hope to see you on Facebook! DIRECTIONS TO HISTORIC WALNFORD
From the North: Take Rt. 9, 79 or 34 South to 537 West. Turn right onto Rt. 539, (Forked River Rd.), then left on Burlington Path Rd. Turn right onto Holmes Mill Rd. and left on Walnford Rd. which leads directly into the park.
From the East Via 195: Take Exit 11 (Imlaystown/ Cox’s Corner) and turn left onto Rt. 43 (Imlay- stown/Hightstown Rd.). At the first intersection turn right onto Rt. 526/ Red Valley Rd. At the first light, turn left onto Sharon Station Rd. Follow for 2 miles, turn right onto Rt. 539 North. Travel for only a short distance and turn left onto Holmes Mill Rd. then right onto Walnford Rd.
From NJ Turnpike or West: Follow I-195 to Exit 8, Allentown, Rt. 524/539. Turn right and follow Rt. 539 through Allentown, (turn left to stay on Rt. 539 in town). Then turn right onto Holmes Mill Rd., then right onto Walnford Rd. Monmouth County
11 (Continued from page 1) Clark Saddlery Company, E. P. Peters Company, Joseph into fashion and the fishing Schnell, K. G. McKeeman (Kenns), Frisbee and A. E. creel is no longer utilized to Nelson Leather Company were other leatherers that hold fish so it has now become produced exceptional leathered creels, which have treasured for its folk art appeal become highly collectible. and fine workmanship. As the settlers moved west they needed a more rein- Webster traces the word forced creel. The rough terrain wore away the woven “creel” or “a wickerwork corners, hinges and top of the creel. The local fish- receptacle” to Middle English and dates it from about ermen would take their creel to the local saddle shop 1250 A.D. to 1450 A.D. for the needed reinforecements. Oregon eventually became the center of the In the late 17th century leathered creel businesss. creels made entirely of The most important leath- leather came into fashion. erer of creels was the Later in the late 1800’s George Lawrence Company. willow and wicker creels Lawrence set the standard started to show up with for reinforced creels. Every leather applied to them, which was used to help rein- leathered creel is measured force them. against Lawrence’s. The woven basket was twined, twilled, webbed, wick- erworked or checker- For more infromation on fishing creels, check out worked. Checkerwork The Art of the Creel by Hugh Chatham and Dan Mc- is where the warp and Clain. It covers a detailed history of fishing creels and the weft are the same offers the reader exceptional photographs. It looks width, thickness and at all of the major categories of creels as well as some flexibility. The classic very rare, one of a kind, creels that were tucked away in creel was generally con- private collections. Perhaps you have one hanging in structed in the wick- your home. erwork method where there is an inflexible warp and flexible weft.
An early Fench design used a split material for the weft increasing its flexibility. The split willow creels could be woven tightly and became known as French weave creels. Many of the creels Printing Newsletters were sold in England, but Japanese creel makers began Would you like a printed copy of the PJBG news- producinng large quantities in letter mailed to you? If interested, please phone the late 19th century and be- Mary May at 609-242-0754 or 609-713-8544. If came the dominant source of there is enough interest, Mary will take care of French weave creels. Most of printing and mailing. the American leathered creels were originally French weave 3 newsletters per year - $24 for color, postage, and baskets from Asia. envelope.
One of the most important leatherer of creels was the 3 newsletters per year - $12 per year for B&W, George Lawrence Company headquartered in Port- postage and envelope. land, Oregon. W. H. McMonies & Company, John 12 Atkinson's Country House full line basket weaving supplier our 34nd year PO Box 443 2775 Riniel Road Lennon, Michigan 48449 810.280.6987 [email protected] www.sandyatkinson.com www.countrybasketweaving.com
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13 Become a Member of the Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild
Benefits include:
Three newsletters per year (Winter/Spring, Summer, and Fall).
An Annual Meeting featuring a noted authority on basketry. In addition: The Guild invites guest basket makers, nationally acclaimed instructors, to conduct workshops throughout the year.
Members who teach are invited to list up to two workshops per year in our newsletter.
Executive Board Meetings are open to any willing participant. If you would like to attend a Board Meeting, please call: Karen Wychock 215-460-8853 (cell)
To join PJBG, complete the Membership Application Form, include a check in the amount of $20 made payable to the Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild, Inc., and mail to:
Patti Bishop, Membership Chairperson 101 Campbell Blvd. #5304 Manahawkin, NJ 08050-6214
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Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild Membership Form
NAME: ______New Membership _____Renewal COMPANY: ______ADDRESS: ______Please check the items that best apply: CITY: ______STATUS: STATE: ______ZIP: ______Full-time Professional _____Collector HOME: ______Part-time Professional _____Instructor CELL: ______Supplier/Mail-Order _____Instructor/Supplier EMAIL: ______Lecturer/Demonstrator _____Supplier/Retail Store _____Hobbyist _____Author/Writer MEMBERSHIP: MAY 1 THRU APRIL 30 Individual: $20.00 LEVEL OF EXPERTISE: YEARS BASKETMAKING:
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